HCBA Lawyer Magazine Vol. 29, No. 1 | Page 30

CollABorAtiVe lAW: A different Kind of prACtiCe
collaborative law section
Chairs: Katherine C. Scott - Harris, Hunt & Derr, P.A. and Alice M. Boullosa - Alice Boullosa LMFT, LLC
T
he new year is upon us,
and we are excited to
lead the Collaborative
Law Section as co-chairs
this year. If we do not already know
you, let us introduce ourselves:
Katherine is a Board Certified
Marital and Family Law attorney;
Alice is a Licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist. We are
both enthusiastic collaborative
practitioners — Katherine as a
collaborative attorney and Alice
as a collaborative facilitator. We
are excited to bring two different
but cohesive perspectives to the
Section this year.
To all of our current members,
welcome back! To those of you
who are new to or unfamiliar
with collaborative law or the
collaborative law section, we invite
you to join us this year and see
what collaborative is all about.
We have plans for CLE and
luncheon presentations designed
to be informative and engaging
with practical advice that will help
develop and improve your practice,
whether you are brand new to
collaborative law or a seasoned
collaborative practitioner.
Collaborative law has been used
most widely in marital and family
other, and the
law, where it
transformation
is a natural fit
it can bring to
because it offers
the individual
parties a more
practitioner.
constructive and
An array of
private way to
professionals
go through what
participate in
can otherwise
collaborative
be a very painful,
practice: legal,
emotionally
financial, mental
charged, and
health, real estate,
public process.
vocational, and
But, collaborative
other adjuncts
is not inherently
Collaborative practice
who serve the
limited to family
allows for personal
needs of the
law cases. We
clients. In working
believe that
and professional
closely together as
collaborative
growth while creating
a “team” to reach
law has much
a resolution that
to offer in other
a sense of community.
meets both clients’
areas of practice
interests without
where there are
court involvement,
similar issues at
attorneys and other professionals
play, such as probate and trust
develop a level of trust and
administration, elder care,
camaraderie unique to this practice.
guardianship matters, and family
Equally significant are the skills we
business succession. There is also
develop and the insights we gain as
often crossover between such
individuals. Collaborative practice
matters and family law matters, and
encourages us to give attention to
collaborative law is a great fit for
communication, conflict resolution,
such multifaceted cases. We invite
and team dynamics, and to examine
lawyers from diverse practice areas,
our instinctive approaches to each
as well as a variety of non-lawyer
of those. Collaborative practice
professionals, to join us this year
allows for personal and professional
so we can network together and
growth while creating a sense of
learn from one another.
community.
As seasoned collaborative
Please join us! We look forward to
practitioners know, collaborative
sustaining and expanding our collab -
law is a different kind of practice
orative law community this year.
in many ways. It is challenging but
rewarding, and it benefits not only
our clients, but also ourselves. Two
Authors: Katherine C. Scott -
of its most valuable advantages are
Harris, Hunt & Derr, P.A. and
the strength of the relationships
Alice M. Boullosa - Alice Boullosa
that professionals develop with each
LMFT, LLC
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